Catalog
50 Pennia
| Issuer | Finland |
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| Year | 1943-1948 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '50' dominates the central field, flanked symmetrically by two upward-curving grain sprigs that frame the denomination in a near-wreath arrangement. Below the numeral, the legend 'PENNIÄ' is inscribed in capital letters along the lower arc of the field. The entire design is contained within a beaded inner border running along the coin's periphery. |
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Finland shifted to iron coinage during the Continuation War, when copper and other non-ferrous metals were diverted to the war effort. The 1943–1948 date range spans not only active conflict but also the Lapland War against retreating German forces and the immediate postwar occupation period, during which Finland paid crushing reparations to the Soviet Union — partly in manufactured goods and raw materials that made metal conservation a domestic necessity long after the armistice.
Iron coins from this period corrode readily, and survivors in collectible condition are rarer than mintage figures suggest.